SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
The Old Vicarage Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Stoke-on-Trent.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Old Vicarage Nursing Home is one of 82 care homes in Stoke-on-Trent: a 45-bed nursing home in Stoke On Trent, run by Central England Healthcare (Stoke) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Stoke-on-Trent are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in January 2023. Ratings in Stoke-on-Trent are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2026. That is true of 97% of homes in Stoke-on-Trent. 13 other homes in Stoke-on-Trent share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Lawton Rise Care Home (Good), 0.5 km away.
